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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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In the Matter of APRILE K. SCHWARTZ and U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,

POST OFFICE, Hartford, Conn.

 

Docket No. 97-142; Submitted on the Record;

Issued November 19, 1998

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DECISION and ORDER

 

Before   GEORGE E. RIVERS, WILLIE T.C. THOMAS,

A. PETER KANJORSKI

 

 

            The issue is whether appellant met her burden of proof in establishing that she sustained an injury in the performance of duty on February 6, 1995, as alleged.

            The Board has given careful consideration to the issue involved, the contentions of appellant on appeal and the entire case record.  The Board finds that the decision of the hearing representative of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs dated and made final on     June 12, 1996 is in accordance with the facts and the law in this case and hereby adopts the findings and conclusions of the Office hearing representative.

            The decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs dated and finalized on June 12, 1996 is affirmed.

Dated,  Washington, D.C.

            November 19, 1998

 

 

 

                                                                                                            George E. Rivers

                                                                                                            Member

 

 

 

                                                                                                            Willie T.C. Thomas

                                                                                                            Alternate Member

 

 

 

                                                                                                            A. Peter Kanjorski

                                                                                                            Alternate Member